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FNU’s College of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences – School of Medicine | A history 1886 – 1971

Summary by FijiTimes
Fiji became a British colony in 1874, driven largely by economic struggles. The situation deteriorated in 1875 when Ratu Cakobau and his party returned from Sydney carrying measles. The epidemic devastated the non-immune Fijian population, killing an estimated 30 per cent. Unlike the Hawaiian experience of victims fleeing into the sea, pneumonia resulting from lying under trees was a leading cause of death in Fiji. In response to labour shortage…
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FijiTimes broke the news in on Friday, August 22, 2025.
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